Why did Danny Archer stay back to recover the diamond?

Why did Danny Archer stay back to recover the diamond? - Woman in Red Dress Standing in the Hallway

Why did Danny Archer stay back to recover the diamond in Blood Diamond? Was the diamond his only escape out of Africa? Or was he sympathetic towards Solomon and wanted to help him recover his family?



Best Answer

I watched this movie twice, and I think that Danny Archer is a pretty complex character. However, I think he is just selfish and wants the diamond for himself, and do not want to share with his former mentor, the Colonel Coetzee. He cares more about the diamond than Salomon and his son.

To support this theory, we just have to look at how he gives his mentor the way to make Salomon talk, his son. In fact, the only moment when he acts like an honorable person, is when he is forced to because he knows that he will die because of his wound. Every moment in the movie where he does something good is just in order to get closer to the diamond. Even when they are digging out the diamond, he attacks the mercenaries because he knows that they will kill him.

Danny Archer: Hey, boet, have you got a smoke?
Soldier: Smoking will kill you. Sorry.
Danny Archer: It's all right. Time I quit smoking anyway.

With this dialog, quite recurrent in the movie and the fact that the soldier points his gun to him, he knows. So I think that if Colonel Coetzee wouldn't have wanted to kill him, he would just keep his share of the diamond and respect the agreement with Colonel Coetzee.

So the first option is correct, he wanted the money of the diamond to leave Africa in my opinion.




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Why did Danny Archer get involved in the diamond trade?

Danny Archer was a former soldier turned selfish, he wanted to make 'quick cash'. Which lead him in dealing with diamonds until he realize thanks to Maddy and Salomon that he must fight against diamond trade.

What happened to Dia Vandy in Blood Diamond?

Vandy, still desperate to find his son, sneaks into the encampment and locates Dia; due to Dia's brainwashing, he refuses to acknowledge his father. Vandy is captured but manages to escape once Coetzee's army arrives.

Who is the main antagonist in Blood Diamond?

Poison threatens Solomon Vandy. Captain Poison is the main antagonist of the 2006 war thriller film Blood Diamond. He is a ruthless warlord fighting for the rebellious Revolutionary United Front in the Sierra Leone Civil War, and the archenemy of Solomon Vandy.



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